User blog:Sweetangel823/Announcement: AKB0048 SC0124 Senbatsu Sousenkyo

After the announcements of the new solo debut and the new single, the lights around the stage dimmed lightly once more. New words appeared on the large screen. ”And finally…” The words stayed for a few seconds.

”The Senbatsu Sousenkyo!”

A single spotlight appeared on the main part of the stage, and Hikari walked out from the offstage area, holding her pad in one hand and a mic in the other.

“Yes,” was the first thing she said. “There has been a lot of announcements today, but I suppose that only goes to show that a lot of things in 00 are heating up.”

She paused. “Yes, the dates for this year’s Senbatsu Sousenkyo have been decided, and you will realize that the voting period has been extended a little bit compared to last year. This is in order to allow more people to get the chance to make their vote count. The voting system has also been completely revamped this year, so that the vote counts are even more reliable than last year.”

“Voting will be available from May 14th to June 16th.” The dates she spoke appeared on the screen behind her. “Preliminaries will be on June 4th.” This date also appeared behind her. “And the concert where the results will be revealed will be on June 17th.” She paused, as if contemplating to say something more.

“And finally, much like last year, you can expect members to increase their public activity in the most foreseeable future. Good luck, everyone.”

With that, she walked off the stage.

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Yep, I know. I should’ve posted this at least yesterday (and I blame my IRL stuff for not allowing me to do so, and I’m sorry for this delay.)

The Sousenkyou will be much like it was last year; but as hinted in the text above, the “voting” (aka “activity”) count has been completely revamped, to make a more diverse and fair result.

So, the information that can be gleaned from the text above in short form:

Voting period: May 14th to June 16th

Preliminaries: June 4th

Result announcement concert: June 17th